Look at your own fingertip. You will see a collection of whorls, curls and waves in a pattern that is unique in the world. You are the only one with that fingerprint. The ridges can be high and crisp or low and flat, fine or bold. Everyone is different. Look at your child’s finger and what do you see?

There are many factors that influence the quality of impression or fingerprint that shows up in the silver such as age, genetics and health. In my experience the best results for visible fingerprint patterns come from children 5 and up and adults. Please don’t worry if your child is younger than 5 it’s still a precious keepsake to capture the small size of your growing baby or toddler because he/she won’t be small for long! See photo above to compare an impression with a fingerprint.

Child fingerprint and baby fingerprint impression in a bead.